Posted on Monday, March 30 2009 @ 4:26 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
When it comes to putting Ubuntu Linux on mobile devices,
Canonical has two flavors of their popular Linux distribution to suit
the needs of vendors and end-users: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Ubuntu MID.
The former targets netbook computers (hence its name), particularly
those with Intel Atom processors, and brings a unique interface atop
GNOME. The Ubuntu MID edition is targeted for very small netbooks and
mobile Internet devices. Particularly, Ubuntu MID aims to be on handheld
devices and those with 4-7" touch-screens. Beyond having a different
user interface, Ubuntu MID is spun with LPIA packages instead of the
i386 package-set. LPIA is quite similar to i386, but targets the
Low-Power Intel Architecture with different compile-time optimizations.
With the low-power focus, will this distribution extend your battery
life? Yes, our results today show that the power consumption can be cut
down by greater than 10%.
Read more
at Phoronix.
